Seen & Heard

Seen at the Movies:
Unlike other Coen Bros. movies, Intolerable Cruelty has several names listed under the story and screenplay credits; apparently, rather than an idea they originated, it’s a somewhat more commercial movie-for-hire for the filmmakers. Yet this extremely entertaining, cold-blooded romantic comedy is filled with touches bearing the unmistakable mark of Ethan and Joel Coen’s brand of sick slapstick. The story, co-authored by Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone, and John Romano, is ...